This Day in Music History: August 12

August 12, 2016

We cover all sorts of news, facts and historical and interesting facts that happened on this day in music history.

 

Today: August 12.

 

1960: Pete Best auditioned to become The Silver Beatles' drummer and was asked to travel to Hamburg in Germany for the band's next set of dates. Before leaving for Hamburg, The Silver Beatles changed their name to - "The Beatles".

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1968: Jimmy Page, Robert Plant, John Paul Jones and John Bonham played together for the first time as they rehearsed at a studio in Gerrard Street in London's West End. The first song they played was a version of 'The Train Kept A-Rollin.' They also played 'Smokestack Lightning' and a version of 'I'm Confused' (which later on will become 'Dazed And Confused'). The first live dates they played were as The Yardbirds, and only a month later, they started using the name "Led Zeppelin".

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1977: Henri Padovani, guitarist with The Police quit the band after nine months only and left them a trio.

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1989: The two day Moscow Music Peace Festival was held at The Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Russia. Western bands and musicians who appeared included: Bon Jovi, Motley Crue, Ozzy Osbourne, Skid Row and The Scorpions. This was the first time that an audience had been allowed to stand up and dance at a stadium rock concert in the Soviet Union. Before that, all concerts had to be seated.

 

1991: Bryan Adams started the fourth of sixteen weeks at No.1 on the UK single chart with the song '(Everything I Do), I Do It For You.'

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